In article <3279CB8E.5CD@scn.org>, bh162@scn.org says...>>robert dimitrov wrote:>: >: Remains of a flute have been found in Slovenia. It has been>: tentatively dated to between 40,000 and 80,000 years ago and is the>:oldest>: musical instrument yet found. It was found in association with>:Neandertal>: artefacts, reports the New York Times Oct. 29. 1996 in its Science>: section.>>I heard it on NPR a couple days ago. Whatever it's>purpose was, it was well-crafted, with much detail.